Outside Chase Bank in Downtown Berkeley Saturday morning, four men from Occupy Berkeley stood patiently, handing out fliers and making small talk with passers-by. The men did not chant slogans condemning big banks or make any calls to action that have marked protests that are part of the Occupy movement Read More…
The city of Berkeley has made significant strides in combating poverty in recent years, despite a high concentration of people living below the poverty line in Downtown Berkeley, according to a recently published report. The report, released by the Brookings Institution Thursday, shows that Downtown Berkeley is a neighborhood of Read More…
An unknown male suspect allegedly made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Berkeley branch of the Patelco Credit Union in Downtown Monday morning. At about 11:01 a.m., the Berkeley Public Safety Communications Center received a silent hold up alarm from the credit union — located at 2033 Read More…
As many as 300 people took to the sidewalks in Downtown Berkeley Saturday as part of a demonstration sparked by the Occupy Wall Street movement to protest social and economic inequality and corporate greed. Joining what Occupy Wall Street declared the worldwide “International Day of Action,” over 100 protesters gathered Read More…
In a space crammed with tables of food and plastic utensils, blankets and a haphazard arrangement of colorful cardboard signs, members of Occupy Berkeley are camping out — and have been for almost a week. In front of the Bank of America building in Downtown Berkeley, protesters are joining the Read More…
Take a quick glance at one of the Occupy Berkeley movement’s daily general assembly meetings and you might find yourself looking at what appears to be a group of people flashing spirit fingers. But the protesters are not engaging in any type of cheer or dance; they are simply going Read More…
A power outage at the Downtown Berkeley BART station closed down the station for more than an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon. The power went out at 3:57 p.m., according to Tamar Sarkissian, spokesperson for PG&E. At the peak of the outage, about 1,150 customers in the Downtown area Read More…
The Occupy Berkeley protest, which began Saturday, saw few protesters stay overnight outside the Bank of America in Downtown Berkeley and smaller numbers attending the daily meeting on Sunday in comparison to day one. After deciding on Saturday afternoon to start the protest that night — rather than a week Read More…
In an effort to increase student involvement in city of Berkeley affairs, the ASUC and Graduate Assembly released findings Thursday of a survey showing that UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff would like to see a more diverse business community and heightened security along Telegraph Avenue and in Downtown Berkeley. Read More…
Over 200 participants met for the first meeting of Occupy Berkeley at noon today in Downtown Berkeley, where they voted to begin the occupation tonight rather than wait until next Saturday as they had originally planned. Community members toting signs and flags as well as students from UC Berkeley and Read More…
